Sitapur, August 3: A man allegedly killed his three-year-old son after an altercation with his wife in Uttar Pradesh's Sadarpur on Saturday, police said. According to villagers, Bablu took his son Nikhil to a nearby field early morning and strangled him, Circle Officer (CO) Mahmoodabad Dinesh Shukla said. Uttar Pradesh Shocker: Tantrik Held for Raping 2 Cousins in Mathura.

The accused was arrested after a case was registered against him based on his's wife's complaint, CO Shukla said. Nikhil's body was recovered from the field and has been sent for postmortem, the police said. The accused is being interrogated, Shukla added.

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